Resenjus, John Paul

, a learned Danish divine, was
the son of a Lutheran clergyman, and born in Jutland, Feb.
2, 1561. After his grammatical education, he went to the
university of Copenhagen, and was afterwards made
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corector of the school of Vibourg. In 1585, being appointed
tutor to the young Frederick Rosenkrantz, he travelled with
him through Germany, France, Italy, &c. for seven years,
part of which we must suppose was spent in studying at
some of the universities. On his return in 1592, he was
appointed philosophical professor in ordinary, and afterwards extraordinary professor of divinity in the university
of Copenhagen. In 1594, having been created doctor in
that faculty, he removed to the chair of ordinary professor.
In 1606, when the king, Christiern VI. paid a visit to his
relation, king James, in England, who had married his
sister, Resenius accompanied him as his chaplain. In
1615 he was appointed bishop of Roschildt in Zealand,
which he held until his death, Sept. 14, 1638, aged seventy-seven. He was a man of great liberality, and bestowed
in the course of his life 5500 crowns on schools and hospitals. Besides a translation of the Bible into the Danish
language, published in 1605 7, he published a great number of theological dissertations and sermons in the same
language; and the following works: “Parva logica,” Latin and Danish, 1605, 1610; “Institutiones geometricae,”
1612; “Parva rhetorica,” 1619; “Scholia in arithmeticam Gemmae Frisii,” 1611; and “De sancta fide in Deum,
libellus apologeticus,” Latin and Danish, 1614. 1

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